Doug Palau
Encyclopedia
Doug Palau is an American television writer
and producer
. He has worked on the ABC
crime drama NYPD Blue
and has been nominated for an Emmy Award
and an Edgar Award
.
crime drama Law & Order
in 1993. The series follows a case from an investigation to the courts. It was created by Dick Wolf
. Palau co-wrote the story (with Rene Balcer
) and wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Benevolence". Palau returned as a writer for the fourth season and wrote the story and co-wrote the teleplay (with Ed Zuckerman) for the episode "Golden Years".
He was hired as a story editor
for the first season of crime drama Murder One
in 1995. The series was created by Steven Bochco
, Charles H. Eglee
and Channing Gibson
and focused on a single homicide court case through its first season. Palau wrote or co-wrote seven episodes for the series first season. He wrote the episode "Chapter Seven". He wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Nine" from a story by Bochco and William M. Finkelstein
. He co-wrote the episode "Chapter Thirteen" with producer Geoffrey Neigher. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Sixteen" with Neigher from a story by Eglee and Finkelstein. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Eighteen" with Neigher from a story by Bochco and Finkelstein. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Twenty" with Neigher from a story by Bochco and Eglee. He co-wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Chapter Twenty-Three" with Neigher from a story by Bochco, Eglee and Finkelstein.
He returned as an executive story editor for the second season of Murder One in 1996. The series changed its format to focus on multiple cases and replaced first season lead Daniel Benzali
with Anthony LaPaglia
. Palau was promoted to co-producer after three episodes of the season aired. Palau wrote or co-wrote a further eight episodes for the second season. He wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Four, Year Two", "Chapter Six, Year Two", "Chapter Thirteen, Year Two" and "Chapter Sixteen, Year Two" based on stories by Bochco and Eglee. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episodes "Chapter One, Year Two", "Chapter Eight, Year Two" and "Chapter Fourteen, Year Two" with Neigher (now a supervising producer) based on stories by Bochco and Eglee. He co-wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Chapter Eighteen, Year Two" with Neigher, Eglee and Nick Harding based on a story by Bochco and Eglee. Murder One was canceled after completing its second season. Palau contributed to fifteen episodes of the series as a writer.
Palau continued to work with Bochco and Eglee on their next new series Total Security in 1997. Bocho and Eglee co-created the series with David Milch
. The series centred on a firm of high tech security specialists in Los Angeles. Palau was a writer and co-producer for the series. He was joined by his frequent co-writer Geoffrey Neigher, who served as a supervising producer on Total Security. The series was canceled after thirteen episodes.
Palau became a writer for the NBC police drama Brooklyn South
in January 1998. The series was created by Palau's Murder One colleagues Steven Bochco and William M. Finkelstein along with David Milch and retired police officer Bill Clark
. Bochco, Finkelstein and Milch served as executive producers for the series along with Michael S. Chernuchin
. Palau and Nicholas Wootton
both moved from Total Security to join Brooklyn South. The show focused on a single precinct of patrol officers in New York. Palau co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Tears on My Willow" with Wootton from a story by Bochco and Milch. He co-wrote the episodes "Dead Man Sleeping" and "Doggonit" with Wootton. Palau and Wootton wrote the teleplay for the episode "Skell in a Cell" from a story by Bochco, Clark, Finkelstein and Milch. Brooklyn South was canceled after completing its first season and Palau contributed to four episodes of the series as a writer. Palau and his co-writers were nominated for an Edgar Award
for best television episode in 1999 for their work on "Skell in a Cell".
Following the cancellation of Brooklyn South Palau and Wootton moved on to work as writers and producers for the sixth season of Bochco and Milch's ABC
police drama NYPD Blue
in 1999. The series focused on a single unit of homicide detectives in New York. Palau wrote the teleplay for the episode "Raphael's Inferno" from a story by Milch and Clark. Palau and Wootton co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Grime Scene" from a story by Milch and Clark. Palau and the production staff were nominated for the Emmy Award
for Outstanding Drama Series
at the September 1999 ceremony
for their work on the sixth season.
In fall 1999 Palau became a producer and writer for the sixth season of medical drama ER
. The series focused on the private and professional lives of doctors in a Chicago emergency department. He wrote the episode "Sins of the Fathers".
In 2000 he was hired as a writer and producer for Michael S. Chernuchin's series Bull
. Palau had worked with Chernuchin on Brooklyn South. The series centered on a new firm of stock brokers. Palau wrote the episode "He Stoops to Conquer". The series was canceled while airing its first season.
In 2001 he became a writer and supervising producer for the drama The Agency. The series featured Benzali and focused on the workings of the Central Intelligence Agency. Palau left the crew after the first season. Also in 2001 he wrote the television feature Prince Charming
.
In 2003 Palau was a supervising producer and writer for the NBC crime drama Kingpin
. The series was created by David Mills
. It followed a Mexican drug cartel and was canceled after airing only six episodes. NBC has subsequently marketed the series as a mini-series. Kingpin marked Palau's last television work.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. He has worked on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
crime drama NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
and has been nominated for an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
and an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
.
Biography
Palau began writing for television for the third season of NBCNBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
crime drama Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
in 1993. The series follows a case from an investigation to the courts. It was created by Dick Wolf
Dick Wolf
Richard Anthony "Dick" Wolf is an American producer, specializing in crime dramas such as Miami Vice and the Law & Order franchise. Throughout his career he has won several awards including an Emmy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-Early life:Wolf was born in New York City, the son...
. Palau co-wrote the story (with Rene Balcer
René Balcer
René Balcer is a Canadian television writer, director and producer.-Early life:He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and attended Lower Canada College in Montreal. He earned his B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Communication Studies from Concordia University in 1978. He began his career as a journalist,...
) and wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Benevolence". Palau returned as a writer for the fourth season and wrote the story and co-wrote the teleplay (with Ed Zuckerman) for the episode "Golden Years".
He was hired as a story editor
Story editor
Story editor is a job title in motion picture and television production, also sometimes called "supervising producer". A story editor is a member of the screenwriting staff who edits stories for screenplays....
for the first season of crime drama Murder One
Murder One (TV series)
Murder One is an American legal drama series that first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995. The series was created by Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, and Channing Gibson.-Premise:...
in 1995. The series was created by Steven Bochco
Steven Bochco
Steven Ronald Bochco is a US television producer and writer. He has developed a number of popular television hits including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue, as well as some notable flops such as Cop Rock....
, Charles H. Eglee
Charles H. Eglee
Charles H. Eglee is an Emmy Award winning American film and television writer and producer. He worked extensively for Steven Bochco productions throughout the 1990s. For Bochco productions he co-created Byrds of Paradise with frequent collaborator Channing Gibson and co-created Murder One with...
and Channing Gibson
Channing Gibson
Channing Gibson is an Emmy Award winning American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities with St. Elsewhere and NYPD Blue. He is one of the creators of acclaimed drama series Murder One and the short-lived The Byrds of Paradise.-Career:Gibson began working in television as a...
and focused on a single homicide court case through its first season. Palau wrote or co-wrote seven episodes for the series first season. He wrote the episode "Chapter Seven". He wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Nine" from a story by Bochco and William M. Finkelstein
William M. Finkelstein
William M. Finkelstein is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor and television director. He has worked as a writer and producer on Law & Order, Brooklyn South, Murder One, L.A. Law, Cop Rock and NYPD Blue. He co-created Brooklyn South with frequent collaborators David Milch, Steven...
. He co-wrote the episode "Chapter Thirteen" with producer Geoffrey Neigher. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Sixteen" with Neigher from a story by Eglee and Finkelstein. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Eighteen" with Neigher from a story by Bochco and Finkelstein. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Twenty" with Neigher from a story by Bochco and Eglee. He co-wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Chapter Twenty-Three" with Neigher from a story by Bochco, Eglee and Finkelstein.
He returned as an executive story editor for the second season of Murder One in 1996. The series changed its format to focus on multiple cases and replaced first season lead Daniel Benzali
Daniel Benzali
Daniel Benzali is a Brazilian-American stage, television and film actor.-Biography:Benzali was born in Rio de Janeiro to Brazilian Jewish parents...
with Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony M. LaPaglia is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...
. Palau was promoted to co-producer after three episodes of the season aired. Palau wrote or co-wrote a further eight episodes for the second season. He wrote the teleplay for the episode "Chapter Four, Year Two", "Chapter Six, Year Two", "Chapter Thirteen, Year Two" and "Chapter Sixteen, Year Two" based on stories by Bochco and Eglee. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episodes "Chapter One, Year Two", "Chapter Eight, Year Two" and "Chapter Fourteen, Year Two" with Neigher (now a supervising producer) based on stories by Bochco and Eglee. He co-wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Chapter Eighteen, Year Two" with Neigher, Eglee and Nick Harding based on a story by Bochco and Eglee. Murder One was canceled after completing its second season. Palau contributed to fifteen episodes of the series as a writer.
Palau continued to work with Bochco and Eglee on their next new series Total Security in 1997. Bocho and Eglee co-created the series with David Milch
David Milch
David S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
. The series centred on a firm of high tech security specialists in Los Angeles. Palau was a writer and co-producer for the series. He was joined by his frequent co-writer Geoffrey Neigher, who served as a supervising producer on Total Security. The series was canceled after thirteen episodes.
Palau became a writer for the NBC police drama Brooklyn South
Brooklyn South
Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997-98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the creator of many well-known police dramas such as Hill...
in January 1998. The series was created by Palau's Murder One colleagues Steven Bochco and William M. Finkelstein along with David Milch and retired police officer Bill Clark
Bill Clark
Clark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
. Bochco, Finkelstein and Milch served as executive producers for the series along with Michael S. Chernuchin
Michael S. Chernuchin
Michael S. Chernuchin is an American television writer and producer. He has worked on the NBC crime dramas Law & Order and Brooklyn South...
. Palau and Nicholas Wootton
Nicholas Wootton
Nicholas Wootton is an American Emmy Award-winning writer for and producer for television.He has written to various TV shows, including Chuck, Prison Break, Law & Order, NYPD Blue.- External links :...
both moved from Total Security to join Brooklyn South. The show focused on a single precinct of patrol officers in New York. Palau co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Tears on My Willow" with Wootton from a story by Bochco and Milch. He co-wrote the episodes "Dead Man Sleeping" and "Doggonit" with Wootton. Palau and Wootton wrote the teleplay for the episode "Skell in a Cell" from a story by Bochco, Clark, Finkelstein and Milch. Brooklyn South was canceled after completing its first season and Palau contributed to four episodes of the series as a writer. Palau and his co-writers were nominated for an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for best television episode in 1999 for their work on "Skell in a Cell".
Following the cancellation of Brooklyn South Palau and Wootton moved on to work as writers and producers for the sixth season of Bochco and Milch's ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
police drama NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
in 1999. The series focused on a single unit of homicide detectives in New York. Palau wrote the teleplay for the episode "Raphael's Inferno" from a story by Milch and Clark. Palau and Wootton co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Grime Scene" from a story by Milch and Clark. Palau and the production staff were nominated for the Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Outstanding Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies, and has changed names many times in its history. It was first called Best Dramatic Show...
at the September 1999 ceremony
51st Primetime Emmy Awards
The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 12, 1999. The awards show was hosted by Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce. It was broadcast on Fox...
for their work on the sixth season.
In fall 1999 Palau became a producer and writer for the sixth season of medical drama ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
. The series focused on the private and professional lives of doctors in a Chicago emergency department. He wrote the episode "Sins of the Fathers".
In 2000 he was hired as a writer and producer for Michael S. Chernuchin's series Bull
Bull (TV Series)
Bull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South in 2000. It was TNT's first original series, and was cancelled in the middle of Season 1...
. Palau had worked with Chernuchin on Brooklyn South. The series centered on a new firm of stock brokers. Palau wrote the episode "He Stoops to Conquer". The series was canceled while airing its first season.
In 2001 he became a writer and supervising producer for the drama The Agency. The series featured Benzali and focused on the workings of the Central Intelligence Agency. Palau left the crew after the first season. Also in 2001 he wrote the television feature Prince Charming
Prince Charming (TV film)
Prince Charming is a 2001 made-for-television film. It is a comical fairy tale, relating the story of a Prince who is cursed, his wizard squire, and the present-day women who lift the curse...
.
In 2003 Palau was a supervising producer and writer for the NBC crime drama Kingpin
Kingpin (TV series)
Kingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the U.S. and CTV in Canada on February 2, 2003 and lasted 6 episodes. NBC's answer to The Sopranos and also influenced by The Godfather, Macbeth and Traffik, the story was about a Mexican drug trafficker named...
. The series was created by David Mills
David Mills (writer)
David Eugene Mills was an American journalist, writer and producer of television programs. He was an executive producer and writer of the HBO miniseries The Corner, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and the creator, executive producer, and writer of the NBC miniseries Kingpin.-Early life:Mills was...
. It followed a Mexican drug cartel and was canceled after airing only six episodes. NBC has subsequently marketed the series as a mini-series. Kingpin marked Palau's last television work.